Mine Blast Traps Over 100 Miners at Wheeling Benwood
A massive explosion at the Benwood mine of Wheeling Steel near Wheeling West Virginia traps more than a hundred miners. Firemen say the mine is on fire and rescue workers cannot enter as smoke and debris block entries. Two U S Bureau of Mines cars are en route from Pittsburgh to assist.
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Wheeling
West Va
Benwood
Wheeling Steel Corporation
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburg
Beasley Announces No More Names for NC Delegates
Raleigh April 28 William Gibbs McAdoo will receive North Carolina's 24 votes at the Democratic national convention in New York. The filing period for candidacies closed at midnight Saturday with no additional names received, per Secretary W L Beasley, indicating no further delegates will participate in the presidential preference primary in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
William Gibbs McAdoo
North Carolina
New York
State Board
W. L. Beasley
Coolidge backs science stamps of approval at dedication
President Coolidge praised the National Academy of Science and National Research Council, dedicating their new Washington home and predicting a new day in scientific research. He spoke of enduring ties between science and government since Franklin era, and said America leads in pursuing truth.
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Washington
National Academy of Science and
National Research Council
Coolidge
Benjamin Franklin
America
Senate income tax schedule passed postponed in senate
Washington April 28 A decision on the senate income tax rates in the pending revenue bill was postponed today as this section was passed over for future discussion at the request of Senator Simmons.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Carnegie Library Adopts Summer Hours This Week
The Carnegie Library will observe summer hours starting May first, closing Thursday afternoon and evening while remaining open 2 30 to 6 30 and 7 30 to 9 p m on other days. Businesses follow the same pattern.
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Carnegie Library
Workmen Busy on Creamery Building in Valdosta
Workmen prepare the Toombs Street building, formerly Valdosta Lighting Co office, for a new creamery equipment installation. The complete outfit was ordered over a week ago and is expected soon.
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Valdosta
Toombs Street
Valdosta Lighting Company
Country Club to Open Season May 8 at Valdosta
Valdosta April 28. The spring and summer season of weekly entertainments at the Country Club opens Thursday afternoon May 8 with an elaborate program of sports and entertainment. Local golf teams will contest for club supremacy and are expected to draw a large gallery.
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Country Club
Valdosta
Bandits Grab $150,000 Diamonds in Manhattan Heist
Three bandits bound and gagged Charles Krensey in a New York jewelry plant office and escaped with diamonds valued at 150000 dollars in daylight. Police sought clues as investigators described the bold daylight robbery in the lower Manhattan skyscraper district.
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New York
Charles Krensey
Lower Manhattan
Automobile Crash Injures Atlanta Residents
Mrs Hortense Thompson of 874 Peachtree Street is paralyzed from the waist down after a Saturday night collision at Cook's Mill on the Dixie Highway fourteen miles northeast of Americus. Miss Ethel Tanner and Howard Busey, both of Atlanta, also sustained injuries including a bruised hand and a badly cut right hand. Continued on Page Two.
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Hortense Thompson
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Ethel Tanner
Howard Busey
Peachtree Road
Cook’s Mill
Dixie Highway
Americus
Thompson
Bryan's Wife Attends Faith Healer Revival in Hazlehurst
In Hazlehurst on April 28 Rev. Raymond T. Richey opened revival meetings with more than 2,500 Georgians present. Among notable attendees was Mrs. William Jennings Bryan wife of the Democrat. Organizing for daily services began as a tourist caravan of over 1,000 is expected to arrive to witness the healer's work.
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Hazlemorgt
Raymond T. Richey
William Jennings Bryan
Workers Visit Men in Sumter Prisons
Church workers visited inmates at Sumter county jail stockade and Camp No 4 Sunday. Mitchell Atiyah spoke at the jail, Mrs E P Morgan led services for white prisoners, Fed Campbell county chaplain led the negroes, and Camp No 4 hosted a sermon for black inmates.
Avera marshal held after shooting in Georgia
Ed E. Street, marshal of Avera, Ga., was jailed after a quarrel led to a shooting. A. G. Dean, chalk mine foreman for Harrison Walker Winning Co., working near the Avera Gibson area, was shot four times in the stomach and rushed to Sandersville for medical care.
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AVERA
Louisville
Ed E. Streethan
A. G. Dean
Harrison Walker Winning Co
Gibson
Fireman killed in million dollar Lowell blaze
Lowell Mass April 28 one fireman was killed eight injured and about 1 000 000 in damage swept five blocks in Lowell s business district starting Sunday fire destroyed two large office buildings a theater the Knights of Columbus building and a large garage in the heart of the city as firefighters battled the blaze
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Lowell
Mass
Knights of Columbus
Take Quinine Now to Prevent Malaria Warns Doctor
Sumter County health officer Dr J W Payne warns malaria threats rise as wigglers breed with warm weather. He urges immediate quinine prevention, saying a daily small dose can curb the parasite and a routine five grain three times weekly can block mosquito transmission.
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Sumter
J. W. Payne
Payne
Georgia Education Association to Meet in Savannah
Arrangements for the Georgia Education Association convention in Savannah are nearly complete. The program includes sessions on Thursday evening and Friday sessions at 9 AM and 8:30 PM, with a brief Saturday business wrap. The Parent-Teacher association participates in entertainment, and various departmental groups will meet. A. G. Cleveland of Valdosta, president, and Kyle T. Alfriend of Forsyth, secretary, are expected to arrive early in the week.
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Savannah
Georgia Education Association
Parent-Teacher Association
Education Association
Municipal Auditorium
Department of City and County
Department of Teacher Training
Department of Vocational Education
Department of Public School
A. G. Cleveland
Valdosta
Association
Kyle T. Alfriend
Forsyth
Spur to Ambition Dialogue Sparks Pocketbook Heckle
A fragment shows Rastus and Sam trading lines about money and ambition. Sam asks why such a big pocketbook exists, and Rastus replies it’s to encourage him, reflecting a streetwise exchange on wealth and ambition.
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Rastus
Sam
Record Attendance At Sunday Revival Services
Reports from pastors say the Simultaneous Evangelistic campaign drew a one day record with higher attendance than in years. Three services were held including a home builders meeting in the afternoon where ministers urged parents to establish family altars and practice religion at home. pastors and visiting ministers stressed the need for more home religion and family religious instruction. At the First Methodist the dining room venue was filled to capacity.
Well Known Macon Educator Charles Forster Dies
Macon resident Professor Charles Rogers Forster aged 67, longtime chair of ancient languages at Wesleyan College for fifteen years, then Latin teacher at Lanier High School, died suddenly Sunday at his Rogers Avenue home. Born in Culloders, Ga in 1857, he spent nearly all his life in Macon.
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Macon
Charles Rogers Forster
Wesleyan College
Lanier High School
Rogers Avenue
Forster
Culloders
Macon Assault Cases Soon Will Be Tried
In Macon on April 28 witnesses reported to the Solicitor General for grand jury appearance as the criminal term of Superior Court set to open May 5 with Judge Malcom D. Jones. First on the calendar are cases against Oscar Williamson former motorcycle officer and J L Stribling charged with assault on tourists at Central City Park. Assault with intent to murder expected among initial indictments.
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Macon
Garrett
Superior Court
Malcom D. Jones
Oscar Williamson
J. L. Stribling
Central City Park
Bankers discuss investigations and tax talks at Augusta meeting
Augusta April 28 The American Bankers Association began its spring executive council gathering here with bankers from across the nation. They touched on Washington investigations the tax provision Dawes plan Federal Reserve rediscount rates and actions to ease agricultural distress. Walter W Head of Omaha voiced that investigations have not affected business. Continued on Page Three.
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Augusta
Washington
American Bankers <Association
Dawes
Federal Reserve Bank
Walter W. Head
Omaha
Neb
Association
Dynamite damages Gainesville store after fatal prank
A dynamite blast at a Gainesville outskirts store owned by Leman Ralston damaged the building today but injured none. Police pursue a revenge motive linked to the Whimire killing, a prank death. three men Rich Edwards, George Foster, and W A Sigman each held on $800 bond.
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Gainesville
Leman Ralston
Whimire
Ralston
Whitmire
Rich Edwards
George Foster
W. A. Sigman
Former Americus Men Attain High Places
Information from Americus letters notes high honors for former Americus railroad men now on the Northern and Western railroad. A C Needles named president of the N and W succeeding N D Marker. W J Jenks to succeed Needles as president in charge of operation, moving from Sea board Air Line. Promotions take effect May 1 after retirement of President Marher.
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Americus Railroad
Northern &, Western Railroad
A. C. Needles
N. D. Marker
W. J. Jenks
Seaboard Air Line
Jenks
Norfolk & Western
Marher
Americas Friends
Senate committee receives Ford telegram on Muscle Shoals
Washington April 28. President Coolidge quoted in a telegram before the Muscle Shoals hearing as delivering Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford. The telegram from James Martin Miller to the Dearborn Independent was dated October 12, 1923. Secretary Weeks said he did not know Miller.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Rockefeller Foundation Doctors Probe Malaria in Sumter County
International Health Board researchers from the Rockefeller Foundation led by Russell, Nicholson and Murray survey Sumter County schools including Union High Leslie and Gatewood's Crossing to locate malaria sources. Blood smears from over 300 children are sent for analysis as pond and decay sites are examined, with local health officials to act on findings.
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Leslie
Nunn
Gatewood
Russell, Nicholson and
Murray
International Health Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Sumter County
J. J. W. Payne
Board of Health
Americus
Union High
Numy
Huntington
Payne
Thompson School
Rockefeller
Sumter Courty
Cox to Attend Washington Meet Adjutants General
Atlanta April 29 Charles H. Cox adjutant general of the state has been requested to attend a general conference of state adjutants general in Washington May 8 to 10. State adjutants general from practically every state are expected to attend.
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Atlanta
Charles H. Cox
Washington
Union
Senate committees in recess as inquiry slows
Washington April 28 The falling curve in the senate inquiry reached a level with all three major committees in recess. The House side the shipping board probe continued but bribery investigations in the bureau of engraving aircraft and Northern Pacific land grants remained quiet.
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Washington
Senate
House
Shipping Board
Bureau of Engraving
Northern Pacific
Weather outlook for South Atlantic and Fast Gulf states this week
Forecast covers April 28 to May 3. Showery and cool conditions expected early in the week, with normal temperatures and generally fair weather midweek. Toward the end of the period showers are probable, with a return to unsettled conditions in parts of the region.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Rocker Hamilton Severely Cut In Montezuma Fight
April 28 Montezuma. Rocker Hamilton, a Dover plantation resident, was badly cut in a fight with Charlie Barker. One wound began at the back of the neck and ended at the left ear, another lacerated the face and arms causing heavy bleeding before Dr. R. E. McGill arrived. Barker not yet arrested.
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Montezuma
Rocker Hamilton
Dover Plantation
Charlie Barker
R. E. McGill
Barker
Upshaw Seeks Democratic Vice Presidential Candidacy
Washington April 28 W D Upshaw representative from Georgia Fifth district is a candidate for vice president on the Democratic national ticket. An announcement from the New York Upshaw club cites endorsements from Sen George Georgia Rep Lowrey Mississippi and Clarence J Owens president of the Southern Commercial Congress. The statement includes two Upshaw remarks.
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Washington
W. D. Upshaw
Georgia
Atlanta
Congress
New York
Upshaw Club
Sen. George
Lowrey
Mississippi
Clarence J. Owens
Southern Commercial Congress
Upshaw
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California
Beasley
Bandits
Howard Bussy
Miss Tanner
Bryan
Hazlehurst
Ga, Education Assn
Clark Howell, Jr
Clark Howell
Dr. Henderson
Presbyterian Church
Leman
Senate Committee
FORDS
Miller
White House
Norris
Weeks
Cox
Washington Meet
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